History YMMV / Demonbane

* MemeticBadass: Demonbane, specifically Elder God Demonbane, is the end-all argument when it comes to PowerLevel discussions - Franchise/TheFlash? There's a universe where Demonbane's faster; [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]]? There's a universe where Demonbane reflects the reflections of vectors; [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] or the continuously expanding [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Emperor]]? Demonbane can grow bigger than either of them. There's also a Demonbane who knows how the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind King Crimson]] works and one who can defeat [[{{Film/Clerks}} the Grimace]]. Just about the only acceptable entities in fiction who can stand against the Elder God Demonbane are [[Creator/MarvelComics The One Above All]], [[Creator/DCComics The Writer]], [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Kami Tenchi]], [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi The Creator]], [[VisualNovel/ShinzaBanshoSeries The Hegemonic Gods]], [[Manga/DragonBall Zeno]] and Azathoth (both the ''Demonbane'' and ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' versions).

* MemeticBadass: Demonbane, specifically Elder God Demonbane, is the end-all argument when it comes to PowerLevel discussions - Franchise/TheFlash? There's a universe where Demonbane's faster; [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]]? There's a universe where Demonbane reflects the reflections of vectors; [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] or the continuously expanding [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Emperor]]? Demonbane can grow bigger than either of them. There's also a Demonbane who knows how the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo King Crimson]] works and one who can defeat [[{{Film/Clerks}} the Grimace]]. Just about the only acceptable entities in fiction who can stand against the Elder God Demonbane are [[Creator/MarvelComics The One Above All]], [[Creator/DCComics The Writer]], [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Kami Tenchi]], [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi The Creator]], [[VisualNovel/ShinzaBanshoSeries The Hegemonic Gods]], [[Manga/DragonBall Zeno]] and Azathoth (both the ''Demonbane'' and ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' versions).

** Some people will claim that Demonbane kills Cthulhu or some of the Outer Gods throughout the series, but Cthulhu is ''never'' defeated by Demonbane in the story (Cthulhu dies due to being an UnwittingPawn in the games of other, greater powers), nor do the Outer Gods make any appearance at all. The only one Demonbane directly battles is [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep]] and it's implied the latter cannot be destroyed permanently.

* CrazyAwesome: Doctor West, in spades.

* MemeticBadass: Demonbane, specifically Elder God Demonbane, is the end-all argument when it comes to PowerLevel discussions - Franchise/TheFlash? There's a universe where Demonbane's faster; [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]]? There's a universe where Demonbane reflects the reflections of vectors; [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] or the continuously expanding [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Emperor]]? Demonbane can grow bigger than either of them. There's also a Demonbane who knows how the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo King Crimson]] works and one who can defeat [[{{Film/Clerks}} the Grimace]]. Just about the only acceptable entities in fiction who can stand against the Elder God Demonbane are [[Creator/MarvelComics The One Above All]], [[Creator/DCComics The Writer]], [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Kami Tenchi]], [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi The Creator]], [[VisualNovel/ShinzaBanshoSeries The Hegemonic Gods]] and Azathoth (both the ''Demonbane'' and ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' versions).

** Jin Haganeya, who wrote the VisualNovel, admitted on Website/{{Twitter}} that his first use of the name "Demonbane" was naming his Grungust when playing ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'' when he was younger. ''Demonbane'' made its first {{Crossover}} appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX''.
--> "Man, I can't even begin to imagine what expression I'd have had if I'd heard about this when I was a kid."

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: The series features one of the most ludicrously, infinitely powerful {{Mecha}} ever conceived in fiction, practically common knowledge among fans of the genre. Try to find someone who knows ''anything else'' about ''Demonbane'' besides this fact.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The game was quite a huge deal when it came out, espcially in the early days of the VN community, and was basically a BreakthroughHit for Nitro+. As the community grew however, it's become largely forgotten, owing to its ClicheStorm storyline, and action and mecha having much better representatives in the years since.

** [[FauxAffablyEvil Vespasianus]] is the MadScientist of the aforementioned Anticross who masterminded the C Project, where orphans were taken and raised for his experiments, so he could transform them into superpowered servants for the Black Lodge. One of them tried to escape, which resulted in Vespasianus subduing him and turning him forcibly into the Black Angel Sandalphon. In the present, Vespasianus presides over experiments with the Deep Ones where he has them "breed" with human women and later [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness sacrifices the lot of them]] before achieving the summoning of the God Dagon, which he knows will wreak havoc. Vespasianius later helps fellow Anticross member Augustus [[TheStarscream participate in the overthrow of their master Therion]] with the other 4 so he and Augustus can bind Cthulhu itself to their will. He has Cthulhu violate their captive Nero and later tries to usurp Augustus as well, driven by nothing but a drive to [[ForScience satisfy his intellectual curiosity]].

* {{Woolseyism}}: When Kurou brings Al to Leica's church, Leica "interrogates" him about where did this scantily clad little girl come from and offers him a bowl of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsudon katsudon]]''. Why a sister of the cloth in a Western-styled church knows about a Japanese crime drama cliche[[note]]The typical method of enticing suspects to talk during interrogations by the police[[/note]] God only knows, thus this is changed to a cigarette in the English translation.

* MemeticBadass: Demonbane, specifically Elder God Demonbane, is the end-all argument when it comes to PowerLevel discussions - Franchise/TheFlash? There's a universe where Demonbane's faster; [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]]? There's a universe where Demonbane reflects the reflections of vectors; [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] or the continuously expanding [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Emperor]]? Demonbane can grow bigger than either of them. There's also a Demonbane who knows how the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure King Crimson]] works and one who can defeat [[{{Film/Clerks}} the Grimace]]. Just about the only acceptable entities in fiction who can stand against the Elder God Demonbane are [[Creator/MarvelComics The One Above All]], [[Creator/DCComics The Writer]], [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Kami Tenchi]], [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi The Creator]], [[VisualNovel/ShinzaBanshoSeries The Hegemonic Gods]] and Azathoth (both the ''Demonbane'' and ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' versions).

** [[LouisCypher Nya]], aka [[EldritchAbomination Nyarlathotep]], is the true BigBad of the whole setting, having [[TheChessmaster set up all the events]], allowing Anticross to cause so much pain and suffering, as well as their experiments and the bloodshed that resulted. Her cruelty is such that she attempts to create an EldritchLocation where a hero who opposed her is forced to relive his life over and over, coming close to seeing his true love again, but resetting before he could get to her. Nya's ultimate goal is to release Azathoth and the other outer gods to consume everything, relishing in nothing more than humanity's suffering.

* CreepyCute: Dunsany the Shoggoth: BlobMonster? Check; Tentacles? Check; Summoned from beyond human knowledge? Check; Adorable regardless? Check.

* MemeticBadass: Demonbane, specifically Elder God Demonbane, is the end-all argument when it comes to PowerLevel discussions - Franchise/TheFlash? There's a universe where Demonbane's faster; [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]]? There's a universe where Demonbane reflects the reflections of vectors; [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] or the continuously expanding [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Emperor]]? Demonbane can grow bigger than either of them. There's also a Demonbane who knows how the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure King Crimson]] works and one who can defeat [[{{Film/Clerks}} the Grimace]]. Just about the only acceptable entities in fiction who can stand against the Elder God Demonbane are [[Creator/MarvelComics The One Above All]], [[Creator/DCComics The Writer]], [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Kami Tenchi]], [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi The Creator]] and Azathoth (both the ''Demonbane'' and ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' versions).

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: The series features one of the most ludicrously, infinitely powerful {{Mecha}} ever conceived in fiction, practically CommonKnowledge among fans of the genre. Try to find someone who knows ''anything else'' about ''Demonbane'' besides this fact.

** [[SerialKiller Tiberius]] is a sickening killer and {{Necromancer}} who [[EvenEvilHasStandards even many of his Anticross comrades loathe]]. Tiberius is introduced as an undead [[MonsterClown masked clown]] who wants "alone" time with the young heir of the heroic Hadou family Ruri. Once he catches her, Tiberius wastes no time molesting and trying to rape her. When his organization Anticross makes its move, the people of the city are placed in refugee shelters. Tiberius attacks one shelter and take his time slaughtering or violating every living thing, regardless of age, before he moves on to another shelter to attempt the same. When he catches Ruri, he uses her as a humans hield in his fight with [[TheProtagonist Kuro Daijuji]] and wastes no time in trying to rape her and other youthful females he finds during the fighting.

* MemeticBadass: Demonbane, specifically Elder God Demonbane, is the end-all argument when it comes to PowerLevel discussions - Franchise/TheFlash? There's a universe where Demonbane's faster; [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]]? There's a universe where Demonbane reflects the reflections of vectors; [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] or the continuously expanding [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Emperor]]? Demonbane can grow bigger than either of them. There's also a Demonbane who knows how the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure King Crimson]] works and one who can defeat [[{{Film/Clerks}} the Grimace]]. Just about the only acceptable entities in fiction who can stand against the Elder God Demonbane are [[Creator/MarvelComics The One Above All]], [[Creator/DCComics The Presence]] and Azathoth (both the ''Demonbane'' and Franchise/CthulhuMythos versions).

* MagnificentBastard: Nya, with a healthy dose of EvilIsSexy, [[spoiler:or, more properly, EldritchAbomination Is Sexy. True, its appearance is a facade, but Nyaralathotep taking on a woman's form, even if it's the one who manipulated the whole damned plot, is HOT as hell]].

** Jin Haganeya, who wrote the VisualNovel, admitted on {{Twitter}} that his first use of the name "Demonbane" was naming his Grungust when playing ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'' when he was younger. ''Demonbane'' made its first {{Crossover}} appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX''.

* GeniusBonus: Demonbane has two space-distorting devices built into its legs, named "Timaeus" and "Critias". This spatial distortion can be used to greatly enhance Demonbane's maneuverability, but also as a short-range attack called "Atlantis Strike." ''Timaeus'' is the name of one of Plato's dialogues, and Critias is one of the principal speakers in the dialogue. Said dialogue is also the one where Plato discusses the kingdom of Atlantis.

** [[SerialKiller Tiberius}} is a sickening killer and {{Necromancer}} who [[EvenEvilHasStandards even many of his Anticross comrades loathe]]. Tiberius is introduced as an undead [[MonsterClown masked clown]] who wants "alone" time with the young heir of the heroic Hadou family Ruri. Once he catches her, Tiberius wastes no time molesting and trying to rape her. When his organization Anticross makes its move, the people of the city are placed in refugee shelters. Tiberius attacks one shelter and take his time slaughtering or violating every living thing, regardless of age, before he moves on to another shelter to attempt the same. When he catches Ruri, he uses her as a humans hield in his fight with [[TheProtagonist Kuro Daijuji]] and wastes no time in trying to rape her and other youthful females he finds during the fighting.

** Tiberius is a sickening SerialKiller and necromancer that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even many of his comrades loathe]]. Tiberius is introduced as an undead MonsterClown who wants "alone time" with the young heiress of the heroic Hadou family Ruri. Once he catches her, Tiberius wastes no time molesting and trying to rape her. When his organization Anticross makes its move, the people of Arkham City are placed in refugee shelters. Tiberius attacks one shelter and takes his time slaughtering or violating every living thing, regardless of age, before he moves onto another shelter to attempt the same. When he catches Ruri, he uses her as a HumanShield in his fight with [[TheHero Kuro Daijuji]] and wastes no time in trying to rape her and other youthful females he finds during the fighting.
** Vespasianus is the MadScientist of Anticross who masterminded the "C Project", where orphans were taken and raised for his experiments, so he could transform them into superpowered servants for the Black Lodge. One of them tried to escape, which resulted in Vespasianus subduing him and turning him forcibly into the "Black Angel" Sandalphon. In the present, Vespasianus presides over experiments with the Deep Ones where he has them "breed" with human women and later [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness sacrifices the lot of them]] before achieving the summoning of Dagon, which he knows will wreak havoc. Vespasianius later helps fellow Anticross member Augustus [[TheStarscream participate in the overthrow of Master Therion]] with the other four members so he and Augustus can bind Cthulhu itself to their will. He even has Cthulhu violate their captive Nero and later tries to usurp Augustus as well, driven by nothing but a desire to satisfy his intellectual curiosity.
** [[spoiler:Nya, who is really Nyarlathotep]] is the true BigBad of the whole series, having set up all the events, allowing Anticross to cause so much pain and suffering, as well as their experiments and the bloodshed that resulted. This character's cruelty began by creating an EldritchLocation where TheHero who stood opposed to the villain is forced to relive his life in EternalRecurrence, coming close to seeing his OneTrueLove again, only to have everything reset before he could get to her. In the sequel, furious by defeat, TheBigBad pulls out all stops at making Kurou and Al Azif suffer, [[spoiler:manipulating their future children and using Another Blood's grudge against her mother to convince her to try and kill Al, all the while having full intention of abandoning the children to oblivion as soon as Nyaralathotep got what it wants]]. The character's ultimate goal is to release Azathoth and the other Outer Gods to consume all existence, relishing in nothing more than humanity's suffering.

* MemeticBadass: Demonbane, specifically Elder God Demonbane, is the end-all argument when it comes to PowerLevel discussions - Franchise/TheFlash? There's a universe where Demonbane's faster; [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]]? There's a universe where Demonbane reflects the reflections of vectors; [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] or the continuously expanding [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Emperor]]? Demonbane can grow bigger than either of them. There's also a Demonbane who knows how the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure King Crimson]] works and one who can defeat [[{{Film/Clerks}} the Grimace]]. Just about the only acceptable entities in fiction who can stand against the Elder God Demonbane are [[Creator/MarvelComics The One Above All]], [[DCComics The Presence]] and Azathoth (both the ''Demonbane'' and Franchise/CthulhuMythos versions).

* MemeticBadass: Demonbane, specifically Elder God Demonbane, is the end-all argument when it comes to PowerLevel discussions - Franchise/TheFlash? There's a universe where Demonbane's faster; [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]]? There's a universe where Demonbane reflects the reflections of vectors; [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] or the continuously expanding [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Emperor]]? Demonbane can grow bigger than either of them. There's also a Demonbane who knows how the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure King Crimson]] works and one who can defeat [[{{Film/Clerks}} the Grimace]]. Just about the only acceptable entities in fiction who can stand against the Elder God Demonbane are [[MarvelComics The One Above All]], [[DCComics The Presence]] and Azathoth (both the ''Demonbane'' and CthulhuMythos versions).

** Some people will claim that Demonbane kills Cthulhu or some of the Outer Gods throughout the series, but Cthulhu is ''never'' defeated by Demonbane in the story (Cthulhu dies due to being a pawn in the games of other, greater powers), nor do the Outer Gods make any appearance at all. The only one Demonbane directly battles is [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep]] and it's implied the latter cannot be destroyed permanently.

** Jin Haganeya, who wrote the VisualNovel, admitted on {{Twitter}} that his first use of the name "Demonbane" was naming his Grungust when playing ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'' as a kid. ''Demonbane'' made its first {{Crossover}} appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX''.

** Ask most mecha fans about God-Mode Demonbane and they will tell you that it grows so gigantic it pops universes by brushing against them and can summon infinite copies of itself. This is actually not quite accurate: those are two different versions of Demonbane that often get blended together by people who have only heard of the series. ''War God'' Demonbane from the prequel novels does out-grow the universe it starts out it and moves through multiple other universes as it battles Liber Legis, but it doesn't summon copies of itself. ''Elder God'' Demonbane from the sequel game does summon infinite copies of itself but remains at the same size as regular Demonbane (though it is heavily implied that it ''could'' alter its size if it really wanted to).
** Some people will also claim that Demonbane kills Cthulhu or some of the Outer Gods. Actually, Cthulhu is ''never'' defeated by Demonbane in the story (Cthulhu dies due to being a pawn in games of other, greater powers), and the Outer Gods barely make any appearances, and the only one Demonbane directly battles is [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep]]... and it is implied that even it cannot kill that one permanently.
* CompleteMonster:
** Tiberius is a sickening SerialKiller and Necromancer that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even many of his comrades loathe]]. Tiberius is introduced as an undead MonsterClown who wants 'alone' time with the young heir of the heroic Hadou family Ruri. Once he catches her, Tiberius wastes no time molesting and trying to rape her. When his organization Anticross makes its move, the people of the city are placed in refugee shelters. Tiberius attacks one shelter and take his time slaughtering or violating every living thing, regardless of age, before he moves on to another shelter to attempt the same. when he catches Ruri, he uses her as a HumanShield in his fight with TheHero Kuro Daijuji and wastes no time in trying to rape her and other youthful females he finds during the fighting.
** Vespasianus is the MadScientist of Anticross who masterminded the C Project, where orphans were taken and raised for his experiments, so he could transform them into superpowered servants for the Black Lodge. One of them tried to escape, which resulted in Vespasianus subduing him and turning him forcibly into the Black Angel Sandalphon. In present, Vespasianus presides over experiments with the Deep Ones where he has them 'breed' with human women and later [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness sacrifices the lot of them]] before achieving the summoning of the God Dagon, which he knows will wreak havoc. Vespasianius later helps fellow Anticross member Augustus [[TheStarscream participate in the overthrow of their master Therion]] with the other 4 so he and Augustus can bind Cthulhu itself to their will. He has Cthulhu violate their captive Nero and later tries to usurp Augustus as well, driven by nothing but a drive to satisfy his intellectual curiosity.
** Nya, [[spoiler: AKA Nyarlathotep]] is the true BigBad of the whole setting, having setup all the events, allowing Anticross to cause so much pain and suffering, as well as their experiments and the bloodshed that resulted. Her cruelty is such that she attempts to create an EldritchLocation where a hero who opposed her is forced to relive his life over and over, coming close to seeing his true love again, but resetting before he could get to her. In the sequel, furious at her defeat, Nya pulls out all the stops to make Kurou and Al suffer, [[spoiler: manipulating their future children and using Another Blood's grudge against her mother to convince her to try and kill Al, all the while having full intention of abandoning the children to oblivion as soon as she got what she wanted]]. Nya's ultimate goal is to release Azathoth and the other outer gods to consume everything, relishing in nothing more than humanity's suffering.

* CreepyCute: Dunsany the Shoggoth. BlobMonster? Check. Tentacles? Check. Summoned from beyond human knowledge? Check. Adorable regardless? Check.
* HilariousInHindsight: Haganeya admitted on his Twitter that his first use of the name "Demonbane" was naming his Grungust when playing ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'' as a kid. Demonbane made its first cross-over appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX''.
-->Man, I can't even begin to imagine what expression I'd have had if I'd heard about this when I was a kid.
** The fact that it takes place primarily in a city called [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]].
* MagnificentBastard: Nya, with a healthy dose of EvilIsSexy. [[spoiler: Or, more properly, EldritchAbomination Is Sexy. Seriously, Nyaralathotep looks HOT as a woman, even if she is the one who manipulated the whole damned plot.]]
* MemeticBadass: Demonbane, especially Elder God Demonbane, is the end-all for powerlevel arguments. [[Franchise/TheFlash Flash?]] There's a universe where Demonbane's faster. [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator?]] There's a universe where Demonbane reflects the reflections of vectors. There's a Demonbane [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann the size of two universes]], a Demonbane that [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure knows how the fuck King Crimson works]], maybe even one that can [[{{Film/Clerks}} defeat the Grimace]].
* {{Moe}}: In and around the series: just look at Al whenever Kurou transforms into a Magius.
** Even the [[EldritchAbomination Shoggoth]] is adorable.
* {{Woolseyism}}: When Kurou brought Al to Leica's church, Leica "interrogates" him about where did the scantily clad little girl come from and offers him [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsudon a bowl of katsudon]] (why a sister in an American church knows a Japanese crime drama cliche, god only knows), this is changed to a cigarette in the English translation.

** Even the [[EldritchAbomination Shoggoth]] is adorable.